Exploring Interreligious Relations &
Interfaith Culture
EDITORIAL
Egypt’s Religious Conflict Raises Questions – Threats to Religious Freedom Increasing – URI Launches Interactive Anti-hate Effort – Weaning the World Away from Coal and Oil – Kenyan Interreligious Collaboration Taking on Alcohol and Drug Abuse – Tragic Religious News from Myanmar – Syrian Christian and Shiite Shrines Resisting Sunni Aggression – Congregations Commit to Weekly Civil Disobedience in North Carolina – Intentional Interfaith Congregation Established – Astounding Results from ‘Sponsor a Child’ Research
NUDGING RELIGION TOWARDS INCLUSIVENESS
The World Congress of Faiths – An Overview by Marcus Braybrooke
PARLIAMENT UPDATE
Parliament of the World’s Religions Survives Financial Crunch by Adelle Banks
FROM DANVILLE TO THE AMAZON
Grassroots Activists with a Global Outreach by Ruth Broyde Sharone
TIO IN CANADA
Welcoming LGBTQ Communities to the Interfaith Table
The Barriers
THE CHALLENGE FACING INCLUSIVITY
The Global Divide on Homosexuality from Pew Research Attitudes Project, June 4, 2013
CONTINUING BARRIERS IN AMERICAN CONGREGATIONS
Study Says Gays Find Most U.S. Faiths Unfriendly by Adelle Banks
IGNORING THE TRANSGENDERED
Employment Non-Discrimination Act 2013: The ‘T’ In LGBT Protections by Jan Diehm and Katy Hall
Taking Down the Barriers
MULTIFAITH ACTION PAVES THE WAY
Minnesota Marriage Equality: Top Ten Reasons this Victory Is So Sweet by Meg Riley
FINALLY, GOODNESS AFFIRMED
I Do Gay Marriage by Paul Brandeis Raushenbush
NO LONGER ANONYMOUS
Why I Decided to Come Out as a Gay Priest by Fr. Gary M. Meier
BREAKING THROUGH FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE
“Like sunshine in the darkest abyss I’ve ever experienced.” by Joanna Brooks
HOW IT GETS BETTER
Three LGBT Jews Share Their Journeys by Jay Michaelson
REVISIONING ISLAMIC SAME-SEX RELATIONS
Quranic Values as an Inspiration for Gay Marriage by Pamela Taylor
REFOCUSING THE ISSUE
Buddhism and Same-Sex Sexuality by Franz Metcalf
AFTER ALL THE 'OTHERS'
Including LGBTQ Voices in Interfaith Work by Chris Stedman
PROFILING THE FAMILY ACCEPTANCE PROJECT
Helping Religious Families Support Their LGBT Children by Caitlin Ryan
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Need-to-Know Resources for LGBTQ Young People by Sana Saeed
WHAT FIFTH-GRADERS LEARN FROM GOOD TEACHERS
Tablet of Stone by Gail Collins-Ranadive
Matthew Fox Writes Pope Francis - New Videos for Jewish, Christian Congregations
Update No TIO in August. Happy Summer!